Très fervent catholique, Georges de La Tour a mis son talent, son pinceau et son atelier au service de la Réforme catholique, emplissant ses tableaux de saints et martyrs, symboles du renouveau de l'Église voulu par le concile de Trente. Toutes ces oeuvres sont communément réparties en diurnes dans la première partie de sa vie artistique et nocturnes dans la dernière période. L...(展开全部)

Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination.

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four...(展开全部)

Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. So, what...(展开全部)

What is depression? An “imagined sun, bright and black at the same time?” A “noonday demon?” In literature, poetry, comics, visual art, and film, we witness new conceptualizations of depression come into being. Unburdened by diagnostic criteria and pharmaceutical politics, these media employ imagery, narrative, symbolism, and metaphor to forge imaginative, exploratory, and inno...(展开全部)

What is depression? An “imagined sun, bright and black at the same time?” A “noonday demon?” In literature, poetry, comics, visual art, and film, we witness new conceptualizations of depression come into being. Unburdened by diagnostic criteria and pharmaceutical politics, these media employ imagery, narrative, symbolism, and metaphor to forge imaginative, exploratory, and inno...(展开全部)

Only modern book to cover the whole of physics at this level of sophistication Variational principle runs as a constant theme throughout the book - unique for an introductory physics text Includes original insights into many areas of physics Sufficient detail for the reader to follow the calculations without the need to put down the book and pick up a pen and paper

Nicholas Manton（尼古拉斯·曼顿），剑桥大学应用数学和理论物理系教授，英国皇家学会会员，主要从事粒子和核物理方面的研究，发表论文100余篇，曾获得伦敦数学学会的怀特黑德奖。 Nicholas Mee（尼古拉斯·米），剑桥大学理论粒子物理学博士，Virtual Image软件公司主管，著有50多部多媒体书籍，以及科普书《希格斯力：宇宙对称性破碎》（Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered）和《引力：破解宇宙密码》（Gravity: Cracking the Cosmic Code）.